Bass Trombone

Scales, Arpeggios
& Exercises
for Trinity College London
Bass Trombone exams from 2015

Grades 68

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Grade 6
Candidates to prepare i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale
Lip flexibility exercise (from memory)
Play the exercise slurred, using the slide combinations given.
Chromatic scale starting on low Eb (two octaves, from memory) (tempo, dynamics and articulation as for scales below)

Candidates to prepare in full either section ii) or section iii)

either ii) Scales & arpeggios (from memory) the examiner will select from the following:
Candidates should prepare scales and arpeggios from the following
tonal centres:
Low Eb major, low Eb minor
D major, D minor
using plug
range Eb, D

Plus:
Whole-tone scale starting on D
Dominant 7th in the key of Ab
Diminished 7th starting on Eb
Augmented arpeggio starting on Eb

two
octaves

q = 72120

tongued,
legatotongued
or staccato
tongued as
requested by
the examiner

f or p

When the examiner requests a major tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The major scale
The major arpeggio
When the examiner requests a minor tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The melodic minor scale
The harmonic minor scale
The minor arpeggio
or iii) Orchestral & brass band extracts
See current syllabus for details

i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale

q = 144

?c
J

..

play three times

.. b.

slide 1
Repeat (descending) using the following slide positions:
3rd 5th 6th

# #
b n # # #

Chromatic scale starting on Eb (two octaves)

b b b
b b b b
?
b b b
b
2

Grade 6 continued

ii) Scales & arpeggios

D major scale (two octaves)

? ##

D major arpeggio (two octaves)

? ##

D harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

?b

# #

#
#

D melodic minor scale (two octaves)

?b

n # n b

n b
n #

D minor arpeggio (two octaves)

?b

Whole-tone scale starting on D (two octaves)

# #

# #

b b # #
b
# # .

Eb major scale (two octaves)

? bb

b
3

Grade 6 continued
Eb major arpeggio (two octaves)

? bb

.
b

Eb harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

n n

? bb b b

b b n

Eb melodic minor scale (two octaves)

nn bb

? bb b b

b b
b b n n

Eb minor arpeggio (two octaves)

? bb b b
.
bb

Augmented arpeggio starting on Eb (two octaves)

b
b

b .
b

Diminished 7th starting on Eb (two octaves)

?
b

b b

Dominant 7th in the key of Ab (two octaves)

b b
b
b

? bb b

b

Grade 7
Candidates to prepare i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale
Lip flexibility exercise (from memory)
Play the exercise slurred, using the slide positions given.
Chromatic scale starting on low C (two octaves, from memory) (tempo, dynamics and articulation as for scales below)

Candidates to prepare in full either section ii) or section iii)

either ii) Scales & arpeggios (from memory) the examiner will select from the following:
Candidates should prepare scales and arpeggios from the following
tonal centres:
Low C major, low C minor
Low Db major, low C# minor

using
plug
range
C#, C

Plus:
Chromatic scale starting on low C#
Whole-tone scale starting on low C and low C#
Dominant 7th in the keys of F and F#
Diminished 7th starting on low C and low C#
Augmented arpeggio starting on low C and low C#

two
octaves

q = 80126

tongued,
legatotongued
or staccato
tongued as
requested by
the examiner

f or mf
or p or
cresc./dim.
(p f p)
or
dim./cresc.
(f p f )

When the examiner requests a major tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The major scale
The major arpeggio
When the examiner requests a minor tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The melodic minor scale
The harmonic minor scale
The minor arpeggio
or iii) Orchestral & brass band extracts
See current syllabus for details

i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale

q. = 86

? 68

b b
b

,
b

b .
b

slide 1
Repeat (descending) using the following slide combinations:
2nd 3rd* 4th*

*Candidates may play an octave higher on these pedals

Grade 7 continued

Chromatic scale starting on C (two octaves)

# #

# #

? b b b b b b
b b b
b

ii) Scales & arpeggios

C major scale (two octaves)

C major arpeggio (two octaves)

C harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

C melodic minor scale (two octaves)

C minor arpeggio (two octaves)

Grade 7 continued

Whole-tone scale starting on C (two octaves)


 


  










 







  



Augmented arpeggio starting on C (two octaves)

Diminished 7th starting on C (two octaves)

     


  
  


 


Db major scale (two octaves)

? bb b

bb

Db major arpeggio (two octaves)

? bb b

bb
.
C# harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

? ####

# #

#
#

C# melodic minor scale (two octaves)

? ####

# # n n

n n
# #

Grade 7 continued
C# minor arpeggio (two octaves)

? ####

Chromatic scale starting on C# (two octaves)

# #

# # #

# n b b b
b b
b b b
b b

Whole-tone scale starting on C# (two octaves)

# #

#
#

# # .
#

Augmented arpeggio starting on C# (two octaves)

# #
#

#
#

# # .
#

Diminished 7th starting on C# (two octaves)

b # b

# b
b #

#
#

Dominant 7th in the key of F (two octaves)

?b

Dominant 7th in the key of F# (two octaves)

? #### #
#

Grade 8
Candidates to prepare i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale
Lip flexibility exercise (from memory)
Play the exercise slurred, using the slide positions given.
Chromatic scale starting on pedal B (two octaves, from memory) (tempo, dynamics and articulation as for scales below)

Candidates to prepare in full either section ii) or section iii)

either ii) Scales & arpeggios (from memory) the examiner will select from the following:
Candidates should prepare scales and arpeggios from the following
tonal centres:
Low B major, low B minor
Low Bb major, low Bb minor
using
plug
range B,
ped Bb

Plus:
Crabwise scale from F and pedal Bb
Chromatic scale starting on low Bb and low D
Whole-tone scale starting on low B and low Bb
Dominant 7th in the keys of E and Eb
Diminished 7th starting on low B and low Bb
Augmented arpeggio starting on low B and low Bb

two
octaves

q = 88132

tongued,
slurred
tongued or
staccato
tongued as
requested by
the examiner

f or mf
or p or
cresc./dim.
(p f p)
or
dim./cresc.
(f p f )

When the examiner requests a major tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The major scale
The major arpeggio
When the examiner requests a minor tonal centre, the candidate should play in succession:
The melodic minor scale
The harmonic minor scale
The minor arpeggio
or iii) Orchestral & brass band extracts
See current syllabus for details

i) Lip flexibility exercise and chromatic scale

? 22
slide 1

h = 72

b ,

(T1)

b
(T1)

Repeat (descending) using the following slide combinations:

2nd 3rd 4th

Chromatic scale starting on pedal B (two octaves)

# # #

# # #

? b b b b b b
b b b
b
9

Grade 8 continued

ii) Scales & arpeggios

Chromatic scale starting on D (two octaves)

# # #

# #
# # #

b b b
b b b
b b b
b

Dominant 7th in the key of Eb (two octaves)

? bb
b

Dominant 7th in the key of E (two octaves)

? ####

Bb major scale (two octaves)

? bb

Bb major arpeggio (two octaves)

? bb

10

Grade 8 continued

Bb harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

? bb b
bb

n n

n
n

Bb melodic minor scale (two octaves)

? bb b
bb

n n b b

b b
n n

Bb minor arpeggio (two octaves)

? bb b
bb

Chromatic scale starting on Bb (two octaves)

# #

# #

b n

? b b b b b
b b b
b b b
Whole-tone scale starting on Bb (two octaves)

# #

# #
b

b # #

b
# #
b .

Augmented arpeggio starting on Bb (two octaves)

# b #

b
b #
#

b .
b

Diminished 7th starting on Bb (two octaves)

b b b b
b

b b
b b
b

b b
b
11

Grade 8 continued

B major scale (two octaves)

B major arpeggio (two octaves)

B harmonic minor scale (two octaves)

B melodic minor scale (two octaves)

B minor arpeggio (two octaves)

Whole-tone scale starting on B (two octaves)

    







   
 





 






Augmented arpeggio starting on B (two octaves)

Diminished 7th starting on B (two octaves)

12

Grade 8 continued

Crabwise scale from F (two octaves tongued or slurred as indicated)

? 44
?

b b b b b
# b bb b

b b n
b

# b b
#

b
n #

###
##

b n #
b # # #
b

? b b
# b
#

b

? n

Crabwise scale from pedal Bb (two octaves tongued or slurred as indicated)

? 44

b ###
b bb b b

# # n
b
b

b b b
# n b
#

b n # #

n #

b n#
b n## #
b

b b

b b b

b
b

b
b

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